... waiting two years. The nurse wasn't thinking logically to support two people who had only just met, get married. This well intentioned act turned out to be fatal to both of the characters. Friar Lawrence's decision to marry Romeo and Juliet and deceive their families was based on his well intentioned belief that the marriage would end the feud between the Montegues and the ... end up right in the end. But once again, a well intended act turned out to be destructive. Juliet's deception about taking poison to fake her own death had the most tragic consequences of all. The intention of her...

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... because of his fury. He was originally against County Paris's marriage to Juliet because he feared she was too young. He gives Paris consent to marry her as long as she consents. Then in Act 3 Scene 5 he explodes at Juliet because she refuses to marry him. This Outbreak could come from Tybalt's Death or his passiveness earlier in the play was just a cover up ... in front of Paris so not to show the real power hungry him. Capulet seems to be a very ... possessive character and hates to be disobeyed. I feel Juliet could never have told her father about Romeo for his anger could have led ...

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... to each other and that they will marry the next day. An example of this happening would be whenever Romeo asks Juliet to promise to marry him "The exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine." (ACT II, scene ii, line 126) Juliet also being so in love with this stranger agrees by telling Romeo that she already would, " I gave thee mine before thou didst request it ... ; And yet I would it were to give again." (ACT II, scene ii, lines 128-129 ... the matter after they know about their supposed love. They risk lots of them from Juliet's nurse to Friar Laurence. Whenever the Friar realizes...

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... asks a servant about her, Tybalt, a Capulet, recognizes Romeo's voice and becomes very angry. Capulet forbids him to fight with Romeo. Romeo and Juliet speak briefly together and immediately fall in love. After they have parted , they both learn they are the heirs of the families that are fighting. ACT TWO Scene 1---- Now that Romeo knows who Juliet is, he does not want to leave her house ... deep sleep. Scene 4--- On the morning of the wedding, the nurse is sent to awaken Juliet as the household is busy with last minute preparations. Scene 5--- The nurse discovers Juliet's apparent lif...

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... boys were there to have a good time. Our source says that oddly enough, Romeo was seen talking to Juliet. It wasn't an angry conversation the source told us. He managed to get closer to them to over hear part of their conversation. It seemed like the couple was preoccupied with each other to care what ... later told us that they talked about something that has to do with pilgrims and saints. Then our source tells us that the next thing he saw was Romeo's lips touching Juliet's and they were engaged in a very passionate kiss. It was the last thing that anyone expected from a Montague and ...

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... because he is upset that a Montague (Romeo) attended a Capulets party. He recognises Romeo's voice. "This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy". This acceptance of love brings maturity to Romeo. In act 2 scene 2, Romeo and Juliet decide to marry each other. They also arrange Juliet's nurse to act as their go-between. Romeo is more of a romantic lover because he has many ... ideas about love, and is using lots of descriptive words describing his love. "O speak again, bright angel, for ... audience may also feel a bit suspense. In act 2 scene 6, Romeo's feelings for...

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... to stay back, rather than leave with his friends. He visits Juliet at her room and risks the chance of getting caught, "The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, and the place death, considering who thou art, if any of my kinsmen find thee here." (Act II, Scene 2, L. 63-65) Romeo is so dazed with love that he loses common sense. "I have nights ... me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love." (Act II, Scene 2, L. 75-78) Romeo's love for Juliet leads them to hastily get married, just one day after they first meet. When ...

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... tragic outcome. Yet, the minor characters also have a good deal of influence over the ultimate destinies of Romeo and Juliet. The first minor character to be mentioned should be Tybalt. He was a bitter enemy of Romeo and, had he not been slain, Romeo would never have been banished. In Act 3, Scene 1, Tybalt kills Mercutio when Romeo attempts to come between the combatants and avert the fight. In ... him as a son. This would mean that Romeo and Juliet would not have had to hide their love for each other. Tybalt, indeed, had a serious effect on the lives of Romeo and Juliet, by killing Me...

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... avenge Merecuitio and kills Tybalt. "And for that offense immediately we do exile him hence," (Romeo and Juliet, III, II, 191-192). Romeo's banishment and the fate involved with it is a prime factor in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Why banishment? In Act I, Scene I the Prince's words were quite the contrary. Was it intentional that a man of such high standard would go back on his word? Perhaps ... . Romeo's exile poisons all possibility of happiness for him and Juliet and continues them onto their tragic fate. His exile causes Juliet great sorrow, greater then if he had been ... and l...

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... about two families that have been in a long and bitter feud for many years now. The play is set in Verona in Italy and involves two main characters, Romeo, or the Montagues, and Juliet, of the Capulets. The play starts with a fight between the Montagues and the capulets, it ends with Prince Escalus threatening that if it happens again, the people involved, will ... Mantua, a place not too far away from Verona. Friar Lawrence decides to create a plan that will get Romeo and Juliet together again, if only for a short while, he gives Juliet a potion that will make her act dead for 18 hours...

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... . The first way, was not all his fault, but he could of prevented it by just giving more effort. For example, when Friar Lawrence and Juliet agree on the plan to temporarily make Juliet look dead (act four scene 1), Friar Lawrence wrote a letter to Romeo telling him what was really going on. Well, Romeo did not get that letter on time, so he ended up killing ... least following up on the letter himself to make sure he got it or not. Another betrayal by Friar Lawrence is at the end of the story (act 3 scene 5). When Friar Lawrence and Juliet are in the tomb, after Romeo killed Paris, then...

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... them. The personality of Romeo and Juliet to cope with their passion and the squabbles of the adult world that intervene with their love takes on a big issue. In the play, Romeo and Juliet demonstrate different personality. Of the many contrasting characteristic traits between Romeo and Juliet, their outlook on life figures significantly in the play. Juliet stays optimistic about the whole conflict involving Romeo's banishment whereas Romeo himself clings to the ... I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contrast tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, ...

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... thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, which is the god of my idolatry, and I'll believe thee." (Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 113-115). She is passionate about her love, but remembers her adult duties and gives Romeo an ultimatum to marry her if his love is true. After their wedding, when Juliet learns that Romeo has killed her cousin, Tybalt, she is certainly more loyal ... to her husband than to her family. After she realizes where her loyalty should be, she says, "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?" (Act 3 Scene 2 Line 97). Without her loyalty and love, she would not ... been banis...

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... lovers in their quest to be together. She acts as a messenger from Romeo, Juliet, and the friar ("Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet"). Despite the nurse's efforts the plans go array because of the arranged marriage between Juliet and Paris. At this time, the nurse shows her love for Juliet once again. She goes to Juliet's defense and stands up to Lord Capulet by saying: "God in heaven ... bless her!/ You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so."(Act III, Scene ... says "thus with a kiss I die" (Act V, Scene 3, Line 120). Juliet quickly awakens to find her love that she risked her life...

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... , this also coincides with Juliets costume, as she has chosen the costume of an angel, the route of all goodness, an angel is perfect, maybe this is how Romeo sees her, an angel has no faults. The Balcony - Act 2 Scene 2 Juliet appears at a balcony at the back of her house and speaks of her love for Romeo. Romeo, as he is leaving the Capulets party/ball, he cannot withdraw ... vows and the romantic music from the ballroom scene crops up again, before the nurse calls on Juliet. They embrace once again and Romeo hesitantly leaves. There is a lot of passion in this scene and we get a better...

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... prejudice. Instead of a Capulet killing a Montague, in Act five Scene three, a Montague kills a Capulet as prejudice leads to violence. In the Capulets Tomb at night, Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the Prince has come to pay his respect to his "lost" Juliet. When he hears the footstep of his enemies Romeo and Balthasar. Paris thinks Romeo has come to desecrate Juliet's grave in act of the prejudice ... against them. While young Romeo was only trying to see his only love dead.. But Paris didn't know so he challenges ... Romeo to a fight and Romeo kills Paris. This event was caused d...

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... prejudice. Instead of a Capulet killing a Montague, in Act five Scene three, a Montague kills a Capulet as prejudice leads to violence. In the Capulets Tomb at night, Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the Prince has come to pay his respect to his "lost" Juliet. When he hears the footstep of his enemies Romeo and Balthasar. Paris thinks Romeo has come to desecrate Juliet's grave in act of the prejudice ... against them. While young Romeo was only trying to see his only love dead.. But Paris didn't know so he challenges ... Romeo to a fight and Romeo kills Paris. This event was caused d...

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... mother or father. This shows a great transformation of her character from previous scenes, where she cared for nothing apart from pleasing her mother and father. Act Three, Scene Five is the key scene in which the audience witnesses the defiance of Juliet in her own home. Straight away Shakespeare creates a tense and dramatic atmosphere by having Romeo in Juliet's room in the Capulet household. This shows ... the great transformation in Juliet's character, here she is deliberately going against her parents will ... from marrying Paris, is running away and fleeing Verona. The scene is l...

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... and ask him for help or she will kill herself. Fearing the worst, he devised a plan with the use of a poison which would beguile her parents into believing she was dead. Later on, Friar Laurence, would send word to Romeo telling him that Juliet was not dead and he would have to come from Mantua to flee together. Friar Laurence is partly to ... receiving the letter from Friar Laurence on time. The Capulet's and Montague's family became brothers. They vowed to make golden statues of the two lovers to remind the families of how their hatred killed Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence performed...

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... mother or father. This shows a great transformation of her character from previous scenes, where she cared for nothing apart from pleasing her mother and father. Act Three, Scene Five is the key scene in which the audience witnesses the defiance of Juliet in her own home. Straight away Shakespeare creates a tense and dramatic atmosphere by having Romeo in Juliet's room in the Capulet household. This shows ... the great transformation in Juliet's character, here she is deliberately going against her parents will ... from marrying Paris, is running away and fleeing Verona. The scene is l...

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... among the crows." (Shakespeare, i.iv.71-73). His love for Juliet is without bounds and his love for Rosaline quickly vanishes. Because the Montagues and Capulets are enemies, finding love with a Capulet will not end well for Romeo. This is where Romeo lacks logic in pursuit of Juliet. Romeo commits another illogical act when Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, breaks into a fight with Mercutio and Mercutio is killed ... . Romeo is enraged and screams "fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!" (Shakespeare, iii.i.120). He sees ... him. This is where he lacks common sense and logic once again because he ha...

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Act III sc v is the midway scene in Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." The midway scene in his plays is traditionally an emotionally charged segment of the play. It combines emotions ranging from hatred and anger to love and romance. This scene conveys to the audience how quickly a young couple's hopes and dreams can be transformed ... before, during and those anticipated as the play draws to a conclusion: characters: Staging: language. The dramatic importance of Act III sc v is emphasized by the events and dramatic emotions leading up to this scene. Immediately in the play the indoct...

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... we would prevent." (Act 4, i ) These statements and events should prove that Friar Laurence should be pardoned for their deaths. Another person that should be pardoned for the untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the nurse. The nurses intentions are proven good because of the constant love and understanding she gave to Juliet. She did the best for Juliet and even passed Romeo's message about the marriage ... on to Juliet. At one point though, the nurse gave up on Romeo and Juliet's love and said : "I think it best you married with the county, O, he's a lovely gentlemen! Romeo's disclo...

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... essay will prove from my point of view, that three characters with their actions, decisions and timing were most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In my opinion, the character most responsible was Friar Lawrence, for he married Romeo and Juliet without their parents" consent, although he did offer them advice. "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast." (Act II, sc III, lines 94 ... -95). Next, he suggested that Juliet swallow the poison, which without a doubt, was a very ... Verona and started the miscommunication between Romeo and Juliet, which eventually led to their...

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... 's. Examine the characters of Romeo and Tybalt and how much is reflected in the behaviour and language up to and including Act 3 Scene 1. From the time of the Greeks, tragedy has been one of the main themes of writers. Usually in a tragedy play the main character has one main weakness or flaw, which leads to their downfall. However in Romeo and Juliet when both of them die at the ... he is getting involved with the relationship "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy centralising on the major conflict between the Capulet's and the Montague's. Examine the characters of Romeo and Tybalt and how mu...

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